Lock N Load with R. Lee Ermey on HISTORY: Rifles Promo ...

Airs Friday Oct. 23rd at 10pm/9c on HISTORY. It is the most personal yet ubiquitous weapon of all time. It has evolved from a crude ballistic pipe to a fifteen-rounds-per-second jet of bullets. It is the rifle--and R. Lee Ermey is taking a second shot at this battlefield boomstick! Gunny gets hands-on with Americas most proven and famous firearms--like the M1 Garand, 1853 Enfield and the 1903 Springfield. Plus, advanced 3D graphics take us deep inside the workings of rifles. Gunny also tests which rifles were the greatest through history. Comparing weapons like the American M16 and Soviet AK-47...in a cold war shoot out! You will also meet the experts, engineers and warriors who use these weapons, as Gunny crosses America to show you the engineering evolution that lead to todays rifle.